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Math Training Module: Using the Internet in Support
of GED Math Instruction
Session One: Overview
4. Talking with other math educators
Time: 75 minutes
Objectives
- Participants will explore three numeracy discussion lists.
- Participants will subscribe to one list.
- Participants will summarize a discussion thread from the list they
subscribed to.
Materials
Procedure
To the Trainer:
When participants evaluate training in adult education, they frequently
name the “chance to hear what others are doing” as the best
aspect of the training. It’s ironic, then, that so few adult educators
take advantage of the collected wisdom represented by on-line discussion
lists. It’s true that the quality of discussion lists can vary,
and it’s also true that every list won’t meet everyone’s
needs all the time. This section allows participants to explore 3 discussion
lists, and to subscribe to one.
As before, there is little for you to do here except to facilitate participant
navigation of the various lists. In the follow-up discussion, try to get
participants to explain how they might use the lists in their practice.
1. Distribute Handout 1d to each person. Explain that this section offers
participants an opportunity to get in on the conversation about math by
visiting archived discussions at three math discussion lists.
2. Tell everyone that for the next 40 minutes they will:
- look at archived discussions at all three of the websites
- subscribe to one discussion list, and
- summarize one thread from the list they subscribed to
You may not need to use the full 40 minutes so be alert
to what people are doing. Everyone will be tired at this point and would
welcome a chance to finish a little early.
3. When everyone is finished, or when 40 minutes is up, ask for someone
to share what website he/she subscribed to and what they found there.
Ask if anyone who also subscribed to that website has anything to add.
Ask for another volunteer that chose a different website and repeat the
procedure. Allow 30 minutes
4. Take the remaining time to thank participants for their contributions
and to answer any questions from the day. Distribute evaluations. Remind
participants of the next training date.
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